* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on August 6, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 9th Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 9:1-5 + Matthew 14:13-21 *************** Please pray with me this morning: Holy Abundant God, You have generously blessed us, And call us … Continue reading Abundant Leftovers
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on February 12, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 6th Sunday after the Epiphany: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 + Psalm 119:1-8 + 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 + Matthew 5:21-37 *************** Please pray with me this morning: Gracious God, We … Continue reading Reconciled Beggars
* a sermon preached at my home congregation Calvary Lutheran Church on August 23, 2015 * ** you may also want to watch and hear this sermon preached. Here is that video. And here is the audio if you prefer to just listen. ** Text: John 6:56-69 *************** Please pray with me: Holy One, Speak truth to us today. Even … Continue reading Hard Truths
* a reflection given at Luther Memorial Church of Chicago on April 2, 2015 * Text: John 13:1-17, 31b-38 *************** As a kid, my favorite worship service of the whole year was Maundy Thursday. Frankly, in a lot of ways, it still is. See, I’ve always found the whole idea of Communion really, really compelling. In churchy language, we … Continue reading Matters of Posture — Maundy Thursday
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